Morleymoor

Morleymoor is a village in Breadsall, Erewash, England. Morleymoor is situated nearby to the hamlet Morley Smithy, as well as near the village Breadsall.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Horston Castle and St Paul’s Church, Little Eaton.

Horston Castle

Ruins

Photo: Cirrus9, Public domain.

Horston Castle is about 1 mile to the south of the village of Horsley, some 5 miles north of the English city of Derby. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument but, as of 2018, is on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register as poor condition.

St Paul’s Church, Little Eaton

Church

Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Paul's Church, Little Eaton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Little Eaton, Derbyshire.

The Church On Oakwood

Church

Photo: G105b, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Church On Oakwood is situated 1½ miles south of Morleymoor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morley and Breadsall.

Morley

Village

Photo: Graham Burnett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Morley is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Erewash in Derbyshire, England. It is on the eastern side of Morley Moor, with Morley Smithy to the north.

Breadsall

Village

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Breadsall is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Erewash in Derbyshire, England. The population of the village at the 2021 census was 792. Breadsall Priory is one of the oldest buildings in the village.

Little Eaton

Village

Photo: Garth Newton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Little Eaton is a village and civil parish in the borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England. The population as taken at the 2011 Census was 2,430. The name originated from Anglo Saxon times and means the "little town by the water".

Morleymoor

Type: Village
Category: locality
Location: Breadsall, Erewash, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.96685° or 52° 58′ 1″ north

Longitude

-1.42729° or 1° 25′ 38″ west

Elevation

440 feet (134 metres)

Open location code

9C4WXH8F+P3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 298734200

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

13276465

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